Glass Blowers Of Murano, Painted By Charles Frederick Ulrich (1858–1908)

American artist Charles Frederick Ulrich (1858–1908) was inspired to paint this scene of Muranese glassblowers around 1886 after he visited the island of Murano...

The Fiery Failure Of The 703/704 Armenian Rebellion Against Umayyad Rule

Armenia, in the 7th century, was caught between two feuding empires. On the one hand, the region had been under Roman influence for well...

Glass Blowers Of Murano, Painted By Charles Frederick Ulrich (1858–1908)

American artist Charles Frederick Ulrich (1858–1908) was inspired to paint this scene of Muranese glassblowers around 1886 after he visited the island of Murano...

Glass Blowers Of Murano, Painted By Charles Frederick Ulrich (1858–1908)

American artist Charles Frederick Ulrich (1858–1908) was inspired to paint this scene of Muranese glassblowers around 1886 after he visited the island of Murano...

Muse Of Lyric Poetry, By Henry Siddons Mowbray (c. 1858–1928)

This artwork, by the American artist Henry Siddons Mowbray (c. 1858–1928), depicts the Muse of Lyric Poetry and it is part of a series...

The Transformed Adventures Of The Sailor-Donkey Of Cyprus

  The Malleus Maleficarum was a 15th-century text that presented bizarre (but, unfortunately, influential) theories about witchcraft and magic, as well as commentary on subjects such...

The Ancient Balearic Islands War Against Rabbits

  During the lifetime of the geographer, Strabo (c. 64 BCE-23 CE), the people of the Balearic Islands were undergoing a life-and-death war with a...

The Spies Of Ancient Syracusan Tyrants

Ancient Syracuse on the island of Sicily was a city prone to dynasties of authoritarian tyrants. A man named Gelon, previously the tyrant of...

How To Cure A Butter Churn From Witchcraft, According To The Malleus Maleficarum

A person from the 15th century who worked and worked at their butter churn to no avail could find a curious explanation for their...

The Tale Of Ancient Egypt’s Revenge Against A Roman Cat-Killer

Around the year 59 BCE, a Greek historian from Sicily witnessed a dramatic incident of crime and vengeance in the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt....
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